Day: October 24, 2018
How to Deal with “Difficult People”
Prayer to God
Holy God, my refuge and salvation, hear my prayer in my troubled hour. Grant me wisdom so I might lighten my encumbrance. I ask this of you completely at your mercy, o all-powerful god. Empower me with your gracious soul.
Jay’s Tantra
You shall care for animals orphaned by misfortune.
You shall not indulge in gluttony.
You shall honor your parents.
You shall not question god or god’s word.
You shall not eat more than you need and make sure everyone has their fair share.
You shall not inflict pain or terror in the name of god.
You shall live life humbly.
You shall take responsibility for your actions.
You shall seek your place as a child of god.
You shall not act with hatred in your heart.
Riddles
What is brown and sticky?
The answer is: A stick.
Alive without breath, as cold as death. Never thirsty, ever drinking. Clad in mail, never clinking. What am I?
The answer is: A fish.
Wisdom Quotes
It’s when your thoughts, words and actions are in sync that you reach true happiness.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. (Mahatma Gandhi)
Old is whatever’s a decade older than I am.
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. (Francis Bacon)
Sloganeer’s Poetry
Endless possibilities.
Designed for you.
Imagination at work.
Moments of clarity.
Love of life.
As always.
It’s on us.
Changing tomorrow.
Always in front.
Infinite possibilities.
These Are The Most Popular Women-Friendly Startups Of 2018
RAK – Random Acts of Kindness – Do one today
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Bake for your neighbour
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It can get lonely when you are old, pay your grandparents a visit
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Buy someone a coffee
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Feeling inspired? Make a meal for your family or roommates
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Who will be making dinner for your family today? Tag, you’re it!
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Make someone a cup of coffee
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Know someone going through something you’ve been through? Give them advice
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Is that litter on the floor? Pick it up and bin it
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Help someone struggling with heavy bags
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Save water – turn the tap off when brushing your teeth!
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Infinite love = Infinite Reality
Infinite love for God leads to knowledge of infinite Reality.
He who loves his spiritual Master for the sake of love, ever intent of giving it and never desirous of receiving it, is a true lover.
Love can be awakened by constantly thinking of the Master.
——-AVATAR MEHER BABA
[From- LESSONS FOR SPIRITUAL ASPIRANTS, Complied by: BIRENDRA KUMAR]
[Copyright © Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Ahmednagar (M.S.) India]
Infinite love = Infinite Reality
Infinite love for God leads to knowledge of infinite Reality.
He who loves his spiritual Master for the sake of love, ever intent of giving it and never desirous of receiving it, is a true lover.
Love can be awakened by constantly thinking of the Master.
——-AVATAR MEHER BABA
[From- LESSONS FOR SPIRITUAL ASPIRANTS, Complied by: BIRENDRA KUMAR]
[Copyright © Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Ahmednagar (M.S.) India]
Infinite love = Infinite Reality
Infinite love for God leads to knowledge of infinite Reality.
He who loves his spiritual Master for the sake of love, ever intent of giving it and never desirous of receiving it, is a true lover.
Love can be awakened by constantly thinking of the Master.
——-AVATAR MEHER BABA
[From- LESSONS FOR SPIRITUAL ASPIRANTS, Complied by: BIRENDRA KUMAR]
[Copyright © Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust Ahmednagar (M.S.) India]
Psychology Quotes Collection by Useful Gen I liked
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Project to support the Bottom of the Pyramid ” The Irula Tribals “= GREAT initiative by CII.
The Paradox of Fall | The Fetzer Institute- Courtesy: Kindspring.org = a wonderful newsletter.
And yet, if I look more deeply, I may see the myriad possibilities being planted to bear fruit in some season yet to come.
It Started With A New Coat For A Homeless Man | KindSpring.org – the WOW of a newsletter I subscribe to.
It Started With A New Coat For A Homeless Man
–by OCSlacker, posted Oct 27, 2018
It started 4 years ago. My wife would see a homeless man near where she works. It was the week before Christmas and she said she wanted to buy him a new coat. His was torn and very old. We don’t have a lot of money; really we are a step away from being homeless ourselves most months but we try to help when we can.We talked and found a way to get some money together to buy him a coat. I thought since we are giving him a coat let’s look at what else he might need. We brainstormed and decided to fill a backpack with useful things, a toothbrush, soap, wash clothes, a hat, gloves, deodorant, razor, some food, etc. and a small gift and Christmas card.
A few days later, a check came in the mail. It was completely unexpected. A merchandising company I work for was sued and they had to pay us for travel time, entry times, etc. It was not much, a few hundred dollars, but wow did it come at the perfect time.
I had been reading stories on KindSpring and was overwhelmed by the generosity of strangers. We thought, let’s make give backpacks and give them out on Christmas eve to people who would otherwise have nothing to open.
We know what that’s like. We haven’t had money to exchange gifts for birthdays or Christmas in many many years too. It feels wonderful to have someone think of you at Christmas and truth be told, I’ve always been a little embarrassed when friends ask “what did you get for Christmas/birthday.” It always makes my wife feel bad that she can’t afford to give me anything and I feel the same. So much so, that I would lie and say she bought me this thing or that, to avoid the “oh, I’m so sorry” chatter. But that year we could say we gave to others instead and that’s exactly what happened.
It’s incredible. People asked and we said what we did. They wanted to help the following year and we made ten backpacks the following Christmas, 15 the year after, and this year we really expanded.
We work with two local police department groups called H.E.A.R.T. and volunteers to help distribute bags. We set up a GoFundMe account, accepted donations of canned goods, new socks, etc. A friend works at a department store and used her friends and family discount to get us 50 brand new backpacks that would have regularly cost us $300 for $200. All of which were gifted to us from her and another generous supporter.
My job brings me to CVS often and I was able to get 50 blankets at a deep discount when the store manager heard why I needed so many, and the most incredible part is another friend in LA saw the post and she put together 25 backpacks to give out this year with her daughters.
I still can’t afford to give my wife something to open on Christmas day, but the joy we feel giving out these backpacks on Christmas eve makes up for it ten fold!
We are working toward making this a year-long project by distributing backpacks monthly. Hope we can see this grow to help many others throughout the years.
We are so grateful to everyone that gave and to all of you for your inspiring acts of kindness.
Next year we go even bigger!
via It Started With A New Coat For A Homeless Man | KindSpring.org
It Started With A New Coat For A Homeless Man | KindSpring.org – the WOW of a newsletter I subscribe to.
It Started With A New Coat For A Homeless Man
–by OCSlacker, posted Oct 27, 2018
It started 4 years ago. My wife would see a homeless man near where she works. It was the week before Christmas and she said she wanted to buy him a new coat. His was torn and very old. We don’t have a lot of money; really we are a step away from being homeless ourselves most months but we try to help when we can.We talked and found a way to get some money together to buy him a coat. I thought since we are giving him a coat let’s look at what else he might need. We brainstormed and decided to fill a backpack with useful things, a toothbrush, soap, wash clothes, a hat, gloves, deodorant, razor, some food, etc. and a small gift and Christmas card.
A few days later, a check came in the mail. It was completely unexpected. A merchandising company I work for was sued and they had to pay us for travel time, entry times, etc. It was not much, a few hundred dollars, but wow did it come at the perfect time.
I had been reading stories on KindSpring and was overwhelmed by the generosity of strangers. We thought, let’s make give backpacks and give them out on Christmas eve to people who would otherwise have nothing to open.
We know what that’s like. We haven’t had money to exchange gifts for birthdays or Christmas in many many years too. It feels wonderful to have someone think of you at Christmas and truth be told, I’ve always been a little embarrassed when friends ask “what did you get for Christmas/birthday.” It always makes my wife feel bad that she can’t afford to give me anything and I feel the same. So much so, that I would lie and say she bought me this thing or that, to avoid the “oh, I’m so sorry” chatter. But that year we could say we gave to others instead and that’s exactly what happened.
It’s incredible. People asked and we said what we did. They wanted to help the following year and we made ten backpacks the following Christmas, 15 the year after, and this year we really expanded.
We work with two local police department groups called H.E.A.R.T. and volunteers to help distribute bags. We set up a GoFundMe account, accepted donations of canned goods, new socks, etc. A friend works at a department store and used her friends and family discount to get us 50 brand new backpacks that would have regularly cost us $300 for $200. All of which were gifted to us from her and another generous supporter.
My job brings me to CVS often and I was able to get 50 blankets at a deep discount when the store manager heard why I needed so many, and the most incredible part is another friend in LA saw the post and she put together 25 backpacks to give out this year with her daughters.
I still can’t afford to give my wife something to open on Christmas day, but the joy we feel giving out these backpacks on Christmas eve makes up for it ten fold!
We are working toward making this a year-long project by distributing backpacks monthly. Hope we can see this grow to help many others throughout the years.
We are so grateful to everyone that gave and to all of you for your inspiring acts of kindness.
Next year we go even bigger!
via It Started With A New Coat For A Homeless Man | KindSpring.org
The Paradox of Fall | The Fetzer Institute- Courtesy: Kindspring.org = a wonderful newsletter.
And yet, if I look more deeply, I may see the myriad possibilities being planted to bear fruit in some season yet to come.
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